Peter Roskam

With another year over and a new one set to begin, we reflect back on 2018 and consider those things of note now relegated to the history books.

In no particular order, these are the stories deemed the top 10 covered by the Naperville Sun over the past year.

Death of George Pradel

Naperville lost its longest serving mayor, George Pradel, when he died Sept. 4, just one day short of his 81st birthday.

Pradel, whom many knew as Officer Friendly during his days as a Naperville police officer, was surrounded by his three children at Naperville’s Edward Hospital at the time of his death, weeks prior after it was found

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